Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict and peace in two
important ways. First, it applies economic concepts and models to help one understand …

States around the world are fortifying their international borders at unprecedented rates.
While only seven states had fortified their borders with walls or fences as of the end of World …

How does the domestic environment affect a government's incentives to use coercion
against another country? Traditional diversionary literature indicates that governments …

Interactions between units in political systems often occur across multiple relational contexts.
These relational systems feature interdependencies that result in inferential shortcomings …

Human rights prosecutions addressing wartime crimes are often credited with deterring
future rights abuses, but routinely occur alongside state repression. This article develops a …

Counting conservatively, data show about 100 million mass atrocity-related deaths since
1900. A distinct empirical phenomenon, mass atrocities are events of enormous scale …

We analyze the cross-national and cross-temporal variation in the presence or absence of
domestic compliance gaps for three different human rights: the right to a fair trial, children's …

How does the presence of women's INGOs relate to restrictions on women's civil society?
Although women's INGOs may help protect against civil society restrictions in most …

Why do some secessionist claims turn violent and others stay peaceful? This study
elucidates the role of inequality and diversionary tactics of states in secessionist violence …

When does interstate conflict lead to repression in warring countries? A long-held maxim in
human rights literature is that governments repress when they feel threatened. International …